1 Peter 3:1-7 (Holman Christian Standard)

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Wives and Husbands

1 Wives,^a in the same way, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the [Christian] message, they may be won over^b without a message by the way their wives live, 2 when they observe your pure, reverent lives. 3 Your beauty should not consist of outward things [like] elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold ornaments^c or fine clothes;^d 4 instead, [it should consist of] the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God's eyes. 5 For in the past, the holy women who hoped in God also beautified themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands, 6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord.^e You have become her children when you do good and aren't frightened by anything alarming. 7 Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives with understanding of their weaker nature^f yet showing them honor as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

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